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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2018
Applicant:
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Leif Roth, San Diego, CA (US);
Josh Bianchi, San Diego, CA (US);
Adam White, San Diego, CA (US);
Brian Daniel Shook, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/26 (2006.01); B63B 21/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/26 (2013.01); B63B 21/38 (2013.01); B63B 2021/265 (2013.01);
Abstract
An autonomous anchor device, involving a streamlined body configured to freefall through a water column and to drive itself into sediment of an aquatic environment and a plurality of blades operably coupled with the streamlined body and configured to deploy itself into the sediment as well as retract itself from the sediment.